User:Toussaint/List of CSS frameworks

A list of CSS frameworks.

Client-side

0-9

• 960 Grid System + Fluid 960
  • In a nod to grid design used in print systems, the 960 grid system makes available a 12- or 16-column grid system, with the user specifying the width of each layer as grid_XX, where XX is the width in columns. The Fluid 960 Framework incorporates AJAX into the structure to create a more extensible layout.

A

• aardvark.legs
  • CSS Framework which unites the styling across different browsers and provides basic styles for cross-browser forms, does not have any layout styles; weighs under 4kB.

B

• Blueprint CSS
• BlueTripCSS Framework: combines Blueprint, Tripoli, Elements, and Hartija CSS frameworks
• Boilerplate

C

• CleverCSS, which mixes Python syntax with CSS
• Content with Style CSS Framework

E

• Elements
• Emastic: CSS Framework with elastic layout
• ESWAT

F

• Formy - CSS Form Framework

H

• Hartija - CSS Print Framework

J

• The jQuery CSS Framework: for building custom jQuery widgets

L

• Logic CSS Framework, targets XHTML Strict and has PHP utilities and builders

M

• M5 CSS Framework: A Typographical CSS Framework
• Malo: Extends Emastic

N

• NivelStyle CSS Framework: A Layout CSS Framework a concept to build sites

O

• Object Oriented CSS Framework
• Origo CSS: A Spanish/Chilean framework

S

• Schema
• SenCSS : A sensible standards CSS framework

T

• Taffy
• That Standards Guy! CSS Framework
• The Golden Grid
• Tripoli
• Typogridphy: A Typographical and Grid Layout CSS Framework
  • For those looking to create typographic or text-heavy layouts, Typogridphy uses ems to measure and scale all text, creating a fully zoomable layout. Based on the 960 Grid System (see above). Validates CSS and XHTML Strict.

W

• WYMstyle

Y

• Yahoo! UI Grids
• Yet Another Multicolumn Layout (YAML) (not to be confused with YAML)
  • A comprehensive framework designed to allow easy structuring of a layouts, and be cross-browser compatible. Large community support. Also check out the YAML Builder for a GUI-approach to creating a YAML-based layout.

Server-side

• CSS for Ruby on Rails
• CSS Cacheer
• Compass: A Sass-based stylesheet framework that contains ports of Blueprint and YUI.

External links

• Frameworks + CSS Reset: Design From Scratch Smashing Magazine
• no Lanche - CSS Frameworks
• Battle of the CSS Frameworks - Framework comparison, biased towards BlueTripCSS
• Longest list of CSS Frameworks